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Uruguay's election - which pitted two moderates against each other - has bucked the trend seen in other countries in the Western Hemisphere, such as Argentina, Brazil and the US, where deep divisions came to the fore.

The appeals judges said it was "unfortunate" that the case pitted two enterprising women who used their names as trademarks but were unaware that the other existed.

Book censorship has shaken and divided school boards, pitted parents against parents, and led to threats against teachers and librarians.

The disputes have pitted the three states in the river’s lower basin — California, Arizona and Nevada — against the four upper basin states — Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and New Mexico.

The bruising, yearlong contest pitted Jurado, a first-time candidate, against De León, a veteran lawmaker who was politically wounded by his participation in a secretly recorded conversation that featured racist and crude remarks.